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| All 39 aboard military plane that crash landed in Russia’s Yakutia alive – MoD | |
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| The Russian Defense Ministry has said that all passengers and crew members survived the crash landing of the IL-18 plane, and 16 people were injured, as cited by Interfax news agency. | |
| Previous reports put the number of survivors at at least five. | |
| “As a result of the incident, all passengers and crew members are alive. 16 people were severely wounded. They have been evacuated to the hospitals in Tiksi by search and rescue helicopters,” the ministry’s statement read, as cited by RIA Novosti. | |
| “According to the report from the scene, the plane crash landed today at 4:45 [local time] 30 kilometers from Tiksi Airport. The aircraft was carrying out a scheduled flight from Kansk Airfield,” the ministry added. | |
| A defense ministry commission has left for Yakutia to gather further details about the crash landing of IL-18, the ministry has said. | |
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